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Mother: Elizabeth Davis

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BirthBirth — 1835
6 January 1835
South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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Name: William J. Davis
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Death Date: 07 Oct 1873
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Place: South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island
Age: 38
Birth Date: 1835
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09383-3
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
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Film Number: 931841
Reference ID: p 34

'Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F8XY-BLK : 6 December 2014), William J. Davis, 07 Oct 1873; citing South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, reference p 34; FHL microfilm 931,841.'
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Riverside Cemetery South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA PLOT J-112

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Riverside Cemetery South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA PLOT J-112
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